Slit-gong. Anthropomorphic, hand carved brown wood; fabric strips through ear lobes. Used by diviner to announce his entrance into a village. Height 37 cm.
Donor:
Dan Stuhlmueller
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire; Yaka
Culture or time period:
Ba Yaka
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
January 9, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1994-1995 #9b: SFO Museum (May 5, 1995–June 12, 1995)